Writing ‘unit stories’ is another beneficial way to construct deep understanding. In this exercise, students will craft a 1-2 page narrative account of every unit’s primary emphasis (like ‘the story of the Birth of American Identity’), integrating each concept/term/person in that section of the review guide in so doing. While time-consuming, there may be no better way to grapple with the relevance of the specific content in relation to the overarching themes.
Birth of American Identify
Your Task:
Using the page for your assigned group number, create your historical fiction story using the unit information below. Please remember to adhere to our Wiki Rules.
Unit Essential Questions
o Why did once loyal British citizens rebel? § To what extent did unity exist among the American colonists at the outbreak of the revolution? § Who were “Americans”? o What “old world” ideas shaped/influenced American identity? § Enlightenment ideas § Political Theorists § Declaration of Independence o To what extent was the American Revolution revolutionary? o How did the Revolution unfold? § Why did the British lose? o Were the American colonists justified in rebelling against the British?
Peoples, Terms & Events
Bold Italicized words are Seminal Primary Documents for the Frameworks
Colonial Society Immigrants English cultural domination Self-government Religious toleration Social mobility Colonial families Established church Subsistence farming Cotton Mather Benjamin Franklin Colonial government Limited democracy
Steps Towards Revolution French and Indian War Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act 1764 Quartering Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Patrick Henry Stamp Act Congress Sons and Daughters of Liberty Declaratory Act 1766 Townshend Acts 1767 Boston Massacre Committees of Correspondence Tea Act 1773 Intolerable Acts Coercive Acts 1774 Boston Port Act Mass Government Act Quartering Act Quebec Act
Enlightenment Connections Deism Rationalism John Locke Rousseau Montesquieu Hobbes
Revolution Patrick Henry Sam Adams John Adams Ben Franklin Paul Revere Minutemen Lexington and Concord Bunker Hill 1st and 2nd Continental Congress Thomas Paine'sCommon Sense Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson Patriots/Loyalists George Washington Economic sanctions Reasons for British loss French involvement Saratoga Yorktown Results of War
Unit Stories
Writing ‘unit stories’ is another beneficial way to construct deep understanding. In this exercise, students will craft a 1-2 page narrative account of every unit’s primary emphasis (like ‘the story of the Birth of American Identity’), integrating each concept/term/person in that section of the review guide in so doing. While time-consuming, there may be no better way to grapple with the relevance of the specific content in relation to the overarching themes.
Birth of American Identify
Your Task:
Using the page for your assigned group number, create your historical fiction story using the unit information below. Please remember to adhere to our Wiki Rules.
Unit Essential Questions
o Why did once loyal British citizens rebel?
§ To what extent did unity exist among the American colonists at the outbreak of the revolution?
§ Who were “Americans”?
o What “old world” ideas shaped/influenced American identity?
§ Enlightenment ideas
§ Political Theorists
§ Declaration of Independence
o To what extent was the American Revolution revolutionary?
o How did the Revolution unfold?
§ Why did the British lose?
o Were the American colonists justified in rebelling against the British?
Peoples, Terms & Events
Bold Italicized words are Seminal Primary Documents for the Frameworks
Colonial Society
Immigrants
English cultural domination
Self-government
Religious toleration
Social mobility
Colonial families
Established church
Subsistence farming
Cotton Mather
Benjamin Franklin
Colonial government
Limited democracy
Steps Towards Revolution
French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Sugar Act 1764
Quartering Act 1765
Stamp Act 1765
Patrick Henry
Stamp Act Congress
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Declaratory Act 1766
Townshend Acts 1767
Boston Massacre
Committees of Correspondence
Tea Act 1773
Intolerable Acts
Coercive Acts 1774
Boston Port Act
Mass Government Act
Quartering Act
Quebec Act
Enlightenment Connections
Deism
Rationalism
John Locke
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Hobbes
Revolution
Patrick Henry
Sam Adams
John Adams
Ben Franklin
Paul Revere
Minutemen
Lexington and Concord
Bunker Hill
1st and 2nd Continental Congress
Thomas Paine'sCommon Sense
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Patriots/Loyalists
George Washington
Economic sanctions
Reasons for British loss
French involvement
Saratoga
Yorktown
Results of War